Medicine: Capsules, Sep. 10, 1951

¶ In Utah County, Utah, where the polio rate has been high this summer,
one group of youngsters is now getting injections of a blood particle
known as gamma globulin; a second group, dummy shots. Purpose: to see
whether gamma globulin, which is especially rich in natural antibodies,
will do for humans what it seems to do for laboratory animalsprevent
virulent polio strains from leading to paralysis.

¶ Two Boston doctors had encouraging news for rheumatic fever
victims: of 1,000 cases studied, 605 were still alive (and most of them leading
completely normal lives) 20 years after the disease hit....